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10 Yuan Year of the Dragon
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Reverse description | A pair of sinuous dragons depicted in dynamic flight amid swirling clouds and stylized flames, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The two dragons face each other in a traditional chasing composition, their scaled bodies intertwined with great artistry. The cyclical characters 庚辰 (Gengchen, denoting the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese sexagenary cycle) appear in the upper left field. The denomination 10元 is inscribed at the lower right. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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China's gold Lunar series of this period occupied a peculiar commercial position — technically legal tender but produced almost exclusively for the export collector market, with distribution handled largely through foreign dealers rather than domestic banking channels. The People's Bank tightly controlled annual mintages, and the 2000 Dragon issue benefited from the additional speculative pressure of millennium-year buying, driving premiums well above comparable pieces from adjacent years in the series.